Things I have been reading

Rare microbes lead scientists to discover new branch on the tree of life

Navigating our thoughts: Fundamental principles of thinking
This experiment shows that all our memories are tagged with a geospacial location.
I believe the internet may be screwing with this type of memory.
I used to remember exactly where I had read something.  Could remember where it was written on a page in a certain book.   Now everything is digital and disconnected from a unique location.

Drink Coffee—Unless You Are Genetically Disposed to Prefer Tea

What Happens When a Bad-Tempered, Distractible Doofus Runs an Empire?
Not that one.

Priests are fielding more requests than ever for help with demonic possession
The stories all involve projectile vomiting and other gastrointestinal problems.  Symptoms of septic delirium. Go figure.

Stripping the linchpins from the life-making machine reaffirms its seminal evolution
Terrible title.  These researchers took all the magnesium out of ribosomes and replaced it with iron.   And they still worked!  Amazing stuff.